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#Question id: 8918


In individual insects of some species, whole chromosomes that carry larval genes are eliminated from the genomes of somatic cells at the time of metamorphosis. A consequence of this occurrence is that

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. we could not clone a larva from the somatic cells of such an adult insect.
  2. such species must reproduce only asexually.
  3. the descendents of these adults do not include a larval stage.
  4. metamorphosis can no longer occur among the descendents of such adults.
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#Question id: 2543

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which of the following is the most common pathway taken by a newly synthesized protein that will be secreted by a cell?

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#Question id: 2544

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Asbestos is a material that was once used extensively in construction. One risk from working in a building that contains asbestos is the development of asbestosis caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers. Cells will take up asbestos by phagocytosis, but are not able to degrade it. As a result, asbestos fibers accumulate in ________.

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#Question id: 2545

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

If plant cells are grown on media containing radioactively labeled thymine for one generation, radioactively labeled macromolecules will be detected in which of the following?

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#Question id: 2546

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

In a liver cell detoxifying alcohol and some other poisons, the enzymes of the peroxisome remove hydrogen from these molecules and ________.

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#Question id: 2547

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Suppose a cell has the following molecules and structures: enzymes, DNA, ribosomes, plasma membrane, and mitochondria. It could be a cell from ________.

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#Question id: 2548

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The cell walls of bacteria, fungi, and plant cells, and the extracellular matrix of animal cells are all external to the plasma membrane. Which of the following characteristics are common to all of these extracellular structures?